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TAPR APRS Special Interest Group Digest for Friday, June 27, 2003.
1. Re: TinyTrack II Enclosure Ideas?
2. Wx Station Problem
3. Changing D700 PMs Externally
4. Re: Traveller to Houston JJ1LYU-7
5. Re: APRS Symbols for IRLP, I-Gate and Voice Repeater
6. Rental Cars foil HAM ops
7. Re: Rental Cars foil HAM ops
8. Re: Rental Cars foil HAM ops
9. Re: Rental Cars foil HAM ops
10. Re: Rental Cars foil HAM ops
11. Re: Rental Cars foil HAM ops
12. Re: Rental Cars foil HAM ops
13. Re: Rental Cars foil HAM ops
14. Re: Rental Cars foil HAM ops
15. Re: Rental Cars foil HAM ops
16. Re: Rental Cars foil HAM ops
17. Rental Cars & Amateur Radio; 101
18. Re: TinyTrack II Enclosure Ideas?
19. Re: Rental Cars foil HAM ops
20. Re: Rental Cars foil HAM ops
21. Car fuses for mobile installs
22. PropNET Lives...and on 60 meters, too!
23. Going to see MER-B launch (I hope)
24. RE: Wx Station Problem
25. Re: Going to see MER-B launch (I hope)
26. Re: Car fuses for mobile installs
27. PCsat for Field Day
28. Re: [hfsig] RE: DSP decoding the RINO
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Subject: Re: TinyTrack II Enclosure Ideas?
From: "Sean \\The RIMBoy\\" <sean@rimboy.com>
Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2003 22:24:51 -0500 (CDT)
X-Message-Number: 1
On Thu, 26 Jun 2003, Ev Tupis (W2EV) wrote:
>I've got a TT-II kit that I'm ready to put to use...any suggestions as to
>enclosure mounting this little puppy? Links with pics are always cool. :)
I'm about 5 Kc's away from having mine mounted in a hollow HT-90 battery
case. We've been able to get the HT-90 down to 144.395 but no lower.
Once that happens I'll finish up the mod to the battery case with enclosed
TT-II board. The plan is to run it full time as a mobile tracker in my
car. I was given the dead battery packs at the Shelby NC hamfest. Note,
avoid paying for dead battery packs. You would not believe some of the
prices people want for dead ones! I found a guy that happened to be
moving so he really wanted rid of the stuff. He gave me 4 of them so he
would not have to pitch them or haul them home.
Sean...
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Subject: Wx Station Problem
From: "Eric Christensen" <kf4otn@earthlink.net>
Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2003 07:29:08 -0400
X-Message-Number: 2
Good Morning All...
I have a weather station (Ultimeter 2000) that is hooked up directly
to a KPC-3. I thought I had all the parameters setup in the TNC
correctly... Apparently I do not. Can someone send me what the
settings should be in the TNC for the weather to be sent out?
Thanks,
Eric KF4OTN
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Subject: Changing D700 PMs Externally
From: "Eric Christensen" <kf4otn@earthlink.net>
Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2003 07:32:17 -0400
X-Message-Number: 3
I was wondering if there was a way to connect a wire to one of the
pinns on the serial connector and have the D700 change it's PM? Has
anyone looked into this?
Thanks,
Eric KF4OTN
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Subject: Re: Traveller to Houston JJ1LYU-7
From: Bob Bruninga <bruninga@usna.edu>
Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2003 09:00:04 -0400 (EDT)
X-Message-Number: 4
On Mon, 23 Jun 2003, Mark Earle wrote:
>XXXXXX>RYSULZ,AI5TX-2*:'{\=81l =81[/>/W5 Houston,TX
>
>Caught this packet while tuning up a radio / tnc.
That was Kenwood Engineer who designed D7 and D700, visiting Houston to
collaborate on next radio to fly on ISS.
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Subject: Re: APRS Symbols for IRLP, I-Gate and Voice Repeater
From: Bob Bruninga <bruninga@usna.edu>
Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2003 09:43:19 -0400 (EDT)
X-Message-Number: 5
On Thu, 26 Jun 2003, Adi Linden wrote:
>What is the code for the GATE icon with the "I" overlay? I can't seem to
>find it in the APRS Protocol Reference.
It is "I&"
bob
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Subject: Rental Cars foil HAM ops
From: Bob Bruninga <bruninga@usna.edu>
Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2003 10:08:11 -0400 (EDT)
X-Message-Number: 6
Travelers who rent cars:
Carry a Cigarette Lighter Fuse!
I dont travel much but when I got my rental car, popped on the mini-mag
mount antenna, duck-taped the GPS to the dash board and plugged in my APRS
HT so that people could track me and I could communicate with the meeting
where I was going, NOTHING worked.
Turns out to prevent smokers from trashing their cars, they remove the
cigartette lighter AND THE FUSE! Also, even though I always travel with
two clip-leads, I couldnt get the dome-light cover off without
breaking it (cant carry a pocket knife due to APT security)...
I dont get to travel but about once a year these days... so this was all
new to me...
de WB4APR@amsat.org, Bob
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Subject: Re: Rental Cars foil HAM ops
From: "Mike Yetsko" <myetsko@insydesw.com>
Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2003 10:08:29 -0400
X-Message-Number: 7
I'd complain! But it's something to check out.
They may say you can't hook up things like radio transmitters, but they
surely can't complain if you say it to plug in your GPS.
Oh, are you sure it was the fuse? A lot of new vehicles have an 'option'
to select the lighter/power adapter being on all the time, or on with the
accessory circuits. They do this by either putting a relay or a shorting
'block' in the power distribution box (usually in the engine compartment).
They could just as easily, more easily, in fact, just pull that out to
disable the lighter socket.
Mike
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Subject: Re: Rental Cars foil HAM ops
From: Bob Bruninga <bruninga@usna.edu>
Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2003 10:26:02 -0400 (EDT)
X-Message-Number: 8
Yes, I took it back and got another car, same thing. Then I stormed into
the rental office and complained. And that is when I was informed that
they remove the lighter AND fuse from all cars.
Now, how can they keep the smokers from trashing the highways? If one has
ever hiked along a highway, the miles of cigarette butts are disgusting...
Bob
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Subject: Re: Rental Cars foil HAM ops
From: "Gerry Creager (N5JXS)" <gerry.creager@tamu.edu>
Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2003 07:38:09 -0700
X-Message-Number: 9
I travel quite a bit. The only time I've seen the fuse non-functional
in the cars I rent (and I have a profile preference for non-smoking
cars) has been when there was an electrical problem in the circuit.
Avis swapped cars gracefully.
gerry n5jxs
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Subject: Re: Rental Cars foil HAM ops
From: Bill Owens N2RKL <bill-tapr@owensfamily.org>
Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2003 10:40:45 -0400
X-Message-Number: 10
I rent cars quite often and usually bring my tracker, and only twice
have I found a dead cigarette lighter outlet. However, I usually rent
from the same company, and they do not appear to have any objections
to cigarette lighter outlets per se. I think in both cases someone had
overloaded the outlet and blown the fuse.
But Bob's caution is sensible because the rental company is never going to
bother checking the outlet, and the renter who pops the fuse is unlikely
to admit it. In both my examples, the company had fiddled with the
hood release to make it harder to open the hood, but I was able to get
one car's hood open - only to find that they'd removed all the spare
fuses from the block. . .
Bill N2RKL
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Subject: Re: Rental Cars foil HAM ops
From: "Richard Amirault" <ramirault@erols.com>
Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2003 10:37:05 -0400
X-Message-Number: 11
You say you carry clip leads ... couldn't you have used them to tap power
from the fuse block?
Richard Amirault N1JDU Boston,
MA, USA
ramirault@erols.com "Go Fly A Kite"
http:// www.erols.com/ramirault
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Subject: Re: Rental Cars foil HAM ops
From: "k7ftp" <k7ftp@commtechreview.net>
Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2003 08:33:07 -0600
X-Message-Number: 12
Can you fill us in on which rental company it was?
I know that Enterprise does not do that, and I like to use them
when I can. They seem quite HAM friendly.
James Bell Jr.
HAM Radio Section Editor
THE COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY REVIEW
www.commtechreview.net
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Subject: Re: Rental Cars foil HAM ops
From: "Mike Yetsko" <myetsko@insydesw.com>
Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2003 10:47:59 -0400
X-Message-Number: 13
>You say you carry clip leads ... couldn't you have used them to tap power
>from the fuse block?
>
>Richard Amirault N1JDU Boston,
>MA, USA
Have you looked at any of the new car fuse blocks? A lot of them
don't even use blade fuses anymore. They use the new 'micro blade'
or whatever is called.
And there are no more 'power studs'. Sure, you could get at the 'back'
of the fuse block. Most of them just 'unsnap' and click on there. But
some of them don't have room to actually move unless you remove
trip parts.
Mike
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